Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
Germany Indignant Over
Frances Policy.
PUNISHMENT FOR TREASON.
Queen Victoria Returns Thanks
for the Devotion Displayed
on Jubilee Day.
FOREIGN NEWS.
PUNISHMENT FOR TREASON

on Jubilee Day.
Copyrighted 1887, by New York Associated
Press.
BERLIN, June 25.-The prisoners
Kechlin and Blech, who were recently
convicted of treason in belonging to the
French Patriotic League, were to-day
transferred from Leipsic to Madgebure
Fortress, and their associates, Scheiffer
man and Trapp, to Gratz, where they
will remain until their periods of de-
tention expire. The opinion through
out Germany is that the prisoners have
been leniently treated. They may have
their sentences modified, but their best
chance of obtaining Communication is in
the cessation of the Patriotic League
agitation and in their making direct
appeal for mercy to the Emperor. The
tone of the French press in demanding
the release of Kechlin, together with
the threats of retaliation on German
subjects in France, tends to the increase
Of seventies against French malcontents
in Alsace. Lorraine.
SOCIAL PERSECUTION.
The positions of Germans in France
has become, under social persecution,
barely intolerable. They would be
hunted out Of the country altogether
but for the protection guaranteed them
under the Frankfort treaty. The latest
anti. German project to which the atten.
tion of Berlin officials has been directed
is the proposal before the Chamber of
Deputies of making foreign residents in
France. who may be members of any
association hostile to French interests,
liable to fine and imprisonment and ex-
pulsion. The proposal is capable of
such lastic Interpretation as to cover all
Germans sojourning in France. The
measure, if supported by the govern.
ment, will be assumed here to be direct.
ly hostile to Germans, and will lead to
an energetic remonstrance as o breach of
the Frankfort treaty.
OFFICIAL DECLARATIONS.
The official Gazette for the Reichstag
in contracting French fables about the
suppression of foreign traders and French
manufacturers in Alsace-Lorra;ne de-
fines clearly what the German Govern
ment aims to accomplish. 1t declares
that the Governments desire is to foster
all commercial activities and to take only
such measures as may be necessary to
maintain public peace.
KLEIN's TRIAL.
The Government has now decided not
TO further delay the trial of Klein and
his colleagues for high treason com.
mitted at the investigation of Schnae.
beles. The outbreak of Chauvinism in
France has precipitated the trial,
which will begin July 4th in
open court. The trial will be a
great deal more interesting than those OF
the Alsatians at Lsipsic recently. as the
prosecution is less intent upon the con.
viction of Klein and bis accomplices than
the exposure of the tricks of the French
war office to procure information as to
the condition of the fortress and military
plans of Germany.
HINES DEGRADATION.
The social sensation of the week has
been the case of Major Hinze, accused
of refusing a challenge to a duel from
his political opponent in the Reichstag
election, who during the campaign
aspersed his honor as an officer. Major
Hiuze was retired from the army on a
pension. He was a progressionist deputy
in the late Reichstag and opposed the
septennate and favored the short
service system. He became intensely
unpopular among his former brother
officers who denounced him during the
electoral struggle as unfit to bear an
army title or to wear orders. He prose.
cuted his slanderer in court of law
and obtained successful verdict,
whereupon the staff officers of the
Guards Corps appointed a court of hon
or whose decree deprives Hipze of the
right to the title of jor and to wear the
uniform of the army. The Emperor
has confirmed the degradation Of Hinzs
although there is o clause in the Grim.
inal Code applying equally to soldiers
and civilians which forbids challenging
to duel, under the penalty of six
months Imprisonment. This decision
puts the stamp of the highest authority
on dueling as laudable custom pre-
vailing on the law forbiddingit. Hinzs's
friends charge that the Military Court
was Influenced by political hatred.
THE EMPERoR's CONDITION.
The Emperor has completely recov-
cred. He drove out at noon to-day,
accompanied by the Duchess of Baden,
and in the afternoon heard long reports
from Count Herbert Bismarck. Yester.
day he resumed his custom of appearing
at the window to return the greetings OF
the multitude daily gathered in front Of
the palace and looked paler than form
erly, but is still we'll enough to sit up
and is hearty. His powers Of recupera.
tion are more than marvel to his ply
sician, who a week ago authorized no
tice to the Reichsanziger advising his
Withdrawal from public life. The EN-
peror is now arranging to visit Gasleir
after his sojourn at Ems and to attend
the autumn maneuvers in West Prussia
RETURNS HER THANKS.